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Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Sonia Gandhi (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 167,178 votes over Dinesh Pratap Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Feroze Gandhi Indian National Congress 162,595 24.1% Nand Kishore (Independent) 29,253 (4.3 pts)
1962 Baijnath Kureel Indian National Congress 77,435 38.7% Taravati (Jharkhand Party) 14,268 (7.1 pts)
1967 I. N. Gandhi Indian National Congress 143,602 55.2% B. C. Seth (Independent) 91,703 (35.2 pts)
1971 Indira Nehru Gandhi Indian National Congress 183,309 66.4% Raj Narain (Samyukta Socialist Party) 111,810 (40.5 pts)
1977 Raj Narain Bharatiya Lok Dal 177,719 53.5% Indira Nahru Gandhi (Indian National Congress) 55,202 (16.6 pts)
1980 Indira Gandhi Congress (I) 223,903 58.3% Rajmata Vijaya Rajey Scindia (Janata Party) 173,654 (45.2 pts)
1984 Arun Kumar Nehru Indian National Congress 314,028 70.1% Ambedkar Savita (LKD) 257,553 (57.5 pts)
1989 Sheila Kaul Indian National Congress 197,658 42.8% Rajendra Pratap Singh (Janata Dal) 83,779 (18.1 pts)
1991 Sheila Kaul (W) Indian National Congress 102,331 23.1% Ashok Kumar Singh (Janata Dal) 3,917 (0.9 pts)
1996 Ashok Singh S/O Devenra Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 163,390 33.9% Ashok Singh S/O Ram Aqbal Singh (Janata Dal) 33,887 (7.0 pts)
1998 Ashok Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 237,204 36.2% Surendra Bahadur Singh (Samajwadi Party) 40,722 (6.2 pts)
1999 Captain Satish Sharma Indian National Congress 224,202 32.8% Gajadhar Singh (Samajwadi Party) 73,549 (10.8 pts)
2004 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 378,107 58.8% Ashok Kumar Singh (Samajwadi Party) 249,765 (38.8 pts)
2009 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 481,490 72.2% R.S.Kushwaha (Bahujan Samaj Party) 372,165 (55.8 pts)
2014 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 526,434 63.8% Ajay Agrawal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 352,713 (42.8 pts)
2019 Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 534,918 56.4% Dinesh Pratap Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) 167,178 (17.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Feroze Gandhi Indian National Congress 162,595 24.1%
Nand Kishore Independent 133,342 19.7%
Baij Nath Kureel Indian National Congress 126,318 18.7%
Chhote Lal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 100,651 14.9%
Raguvendra Datt Praja Socialist Party 94,109 13.9%
Guru Dayal Das Independent 58,342 8.6%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Baijnath Kureel Indian National Congress 77,435 38.7%
Taravati Jharkhand Party 63,167 31.5%
Deotadin Socialist Party 59,641 29.8%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
I. N. Gandhi Indian National Congress 143,602 55.2%
B. C. Seth Independent 51,899 19.9%
R. N. Anarya Independent 20,522 7.9%
G. Gurbax Independent 14,220 5.5%
J. Kishore Communist Party of India 13,297 5.1%
C. K. C. T. Chand Independent 7,707 3.0%
H. Swarup Independent 4,997 1.9%
S. D. Singh Independent 3,959 1.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Indira Nehru Gandhi Indian National Congress 183,309 66.4%
Raj Narain Samyukta Socialist Party 71,499 25.9%
Swami Adwaita Nand Independent 16,627 6.0%
Rameshwar Dutta Manav RSM 4,839 1.8%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raj Narain Bharatiya Lok Dal 177,719 53.5%
Indira Nahru Gandhi Indian National Congress 122,517 36.9%
P. Nallathampy Terah Independent 9,311 2.8%
Kamal Ahmad Khan Independent 7,467 2.2%
Krishna Prasad Independent 4,083 1.2%
Nagarmal Bajoriya Independent 2,980 0.9%
Siya Ram Shukla Independent 2,839 0.9%
Hari Prasad Sharma Independent 2,703 0.8%
Thakur Prasad Independent 2,503 0.8%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Indira Gandhi Congress (I) 223,903 58.3%
Rajmata Vijaya Rajey Scindia Janata Party 50,249 13.1%
Mahipal Singh Janata Party (Secular) 48,353 12.6%
Rameshwar Dutt Manav Independent 10,512 2.7%
Nagarmal Bajoriya Independent 6,517 1.7%
Zmadan Lal Dharti Pakar Independent 4,959 1.3%
Shital Din Independent 4,157 1.1%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 4,056 1.1%
B. D. Sethi Independent 3,858 1.0%
V.T.R. Veerappa Gounder Independent 3,748 1.0%
Ram Sewan Singh Independent 3,684 1.0%
Ashok Kumar Independent 2,885 0.8%
Naresh Chandra Sagar Chandra Bagh Bahara Wale Independent 2,638 0.7%
Vidya Kant Misra Independent 2,051 0.5%
G. S. Grewal Independent 1,760 0.5%
Kamal Ahmad Khan Independent 1,574 0.4%
Harish Chandra Sharma Independent 1,543 0.4%
Ranvir Chandra Independent 1,382 0.4%
Karuna Nidhan Roy Independent 1,130 0.3%
Har Swaroop Bajpai Independent 1,125 0.3%
S.P. Nigam Independent 949 0.2%
Hari Shankar Independent 828 0.2%
Moti Lal Independent 818 0.2%
Ail Singhani B.M. Independent 720 0.2%
Vaidya Hari Prasad Sharma Independent 561 0.1%
Adwaitanand Swami Independent 289 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arun Kumar Nehru Indian National Congress 314,028 70.1%
Ambedkar Savita LKD 56,475 12.6%
Jagdish Narain Misra Independent 51,413 11.5%
Nav Ratan Pd. Dixit DDP 4,125 0.9%
Rani Saankhawar Independent 3,781 0.8%
Vidyakant Independent 3,011 0.7%
Rakesh Kumar Independent 2,572 0.6%
Om Prakesh Independent 2,567 0.6%
Girdharilal Independent 2,338 0.5%
Akil Ahmed Independent 2,016 0.4%
Gaya Prasad Independent 1,826 0.4%
Hira Lal Independent 1,192 0.3%
Ratnesh Kumar Independent 1,149 0.3%
Harswaroop Bajpai Independent 1,064 0.2%
Rais Ahamad Independent 586 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sheila Kaul Indian National Congress 197,658 42.8%
Rajendra Pratap Singh Janata Dal 113,879 24.7%
Surendra Bahadur Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 61,585 13.3%
Kaka Jogindinder Singh Urf Dharti Pakar Independent 14,168 3.1%
Sudarshan Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 13,892 3.0%
Mahadev Prasad LKD (B) 10,762 2.3%
Basudev Prasad JNP (JP) 10,742 2.3%
Udai Pratap Singh DDP 9,465 2.1%
Rais Ahmad Ufr Rais Baba Independent 5,918 1.3%
Satya Narain Lodhi Rajput Independent 4,501 1.0%
Surya Narain Dube Independent 2,321 0.5%
Bhagawan Prasad Srivastava Independent 2,250 0.5%
Vijay Shankar Independent 2,057 0.4%
Gurudeen Independent 1,707 0.4%
Shri Nath Independent 1,695 0.4%
Shashank Independent 1,692 0.4%
Awadesh Singh Independent 1,685 0.4%
Harikesh Singh Independent 1,544 0.3%
Rani Shankhawar Independent 1,338 0.3%
Faroque Ahmad Independent 1,163 0.3%
Ram Parsad Independent 972 0.2%
Laxmi Narain Independent 685 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sheila Kaul (W) Indian National Congress 102,331 23.1%
Ashok Kumar Singh Janata Dal 98,414 22.2%
Ram Shankar Varma Bharatiya Janata Party 91,850 20.7%
Yashpal Kapoor Janata Party 75,128 16.9%
Sudarshan Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 36,018 8.1%
Raish Baba Independent 7,053 1.6%
Gurudeen Independent 4,504 1.0%
Ramkankan Independent 4,498 1.0%
Bhauamesh Kumar Independent 4,093 0.9%
Bhagwan Prasad Srivastava Independent 2,971 0.7%
Udaipratap Singh DDP 2,235 0.5%
Mata Prasad Independent 1,723 0.4%
Farooq Ahamad Independent 1,719 0.4%
Shiv Kumar Independent 1,552 0.3%
Girdhari Lal Independent 1,453 0.3%
Ram Kumar Independent 1,453 0.3%
Satya Narain Lodhi Rajpoot Independent 1,343 0.3%
Naval Kishore Tripathi Independent 1,074 0.2%
Ramesh Kumar Sonkar Independent 1,053 0.2%
Shitala Prasad Sonker Independent 1,016 0.2%
Rani Shankhwar (W) Independent 679 0.2%
Ramesh Kumar Independent 666 0.2%
Shiv Pratap Singh Independent 591 0.1%
Rafe Rana Independent 374 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ashok Singh S/O Devenra Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 163,390 33.9%
Ashok Singh S/O Ram Aqbal Singh Janata Dal 129,503 26.9%
Babulal Lodhi Bahujan Samaj Party 119,422 24.8%
Vikram Kaul Indian National Congress 25,457 5.3%
Ravendra Bahadur Singh Independent 8,752 1.8%
Asha Ram Verma AD 5,075 1.1%
Mumtaj Sultan Independent 3,661 0.8%
Mohd. Musa Independent 1,960 0.4%
Sushil Kumar Independent 1,867 0.4%
Briz Kishore AIIC(T) 1,774 0.4%
Mirza Irfan Beg Independent 1,670 0.3%
Raj Narayan Independent 1,473 0.3%
Suresh Chandra Independent 1,417 0.3%
Kamjeet Singh ABBP 1,408 0.3%
Ram Karan Independent 1,179 0.2%
Kripa Sindhu Independent 990 0.2%
Ashok Pande Shiv Sena 923 0.2%
Dinesh Chandra Independent 803 0.2%
Rameshwar Independent 760 0.2%
Shiv Balak RPI 732 0.2%
Mewa Lal Independent 727 0.2%
Ganga Prasad Independent 725 0.2%
Gurudeen BKD 685 0.1%
Om Prakash Singh Independent 652 0.1%
Krishan Jeevan Independent 637 0.1%
Yogendra Prasad Independent 635 0.1%
Lalit Kumar Independent 615 0.1%
Rais Baba Independent 567 0.1%
Abdul Kayum Khan Independent 519 0.1%
Hori Lal Independent 466 0.1%
Lalit Mohan Independent 325 0.1%
Shyam Manohar Independent 298 0.1%
Deep Chandra Independent 297 0.1%
Ram Narayan Singh Independent 296 0.1%
Ram Kishore Independent 287 0.1%
Ranpati Alias Rama Pati Patel Independent 285 0.1%
Shambu Prasad Independent 285 0.1%
Rajesh Independent 264 0.1%
Shiv Kumar Pathak Independent 252 0.1%
Ram Bihari Independent 206 0.0%
Durga Prasad ABJS 148 0.0%
Shakil Ahmed Independent 95 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ashok Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 237,204 36.2%
Surendra Bahadur Singh Samajwadi Party 196,482 29.9%
Ramesh Kumar Maurya Bahujan Samaj Party 130,342 19.9%
Deepa Kaul Indian National Congress 49,615 7.6%
Ram Kishore Independent 18,787 2.9%
Ram Harsh Verma Janata Dal 12,106 1.8%
Kamlesh Kumar Verma AD 2,914 0.4%
Ghanshyam Independent 1,922 0.3%
Shiv Bahadur ABAS 1,874 0.3%
Sunita Bharti BKD 1,122 0.2%
Ramesh Chandra Independent 1,037 0.2%
Arun Kumar Mishra AJBP 850 0.1%
Gaya Prasad Independent 834 0.1%
Lalji Independent 440 0.1%
Hori Lal Independent 346 0.1%
Sant Lal Independent 272 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Captain Satish Sharma Indian National Congress 224,202 32.8%
Gajadhar Singh Samajwadi Party 150,653 22.0%
Anand Prakash Lodhi Bahujan Samaj Party 137,775 20.1%
Arun Kumar Nehru Bharatiya Janata Party 136,217 19.9%
Babu Lal Kushwaha AD 8,058 1.2%
Arshad Ali Khan Independent 7,466 1.1%
Hari Sharan Singh Independent 2,672 0.4%
Mahesh Chandra Independent 2,127 0.3%
Udai Shyam Singh Independent 2,075 0.3%
Anand Prakash Independent 1,620 0.2%
Ram Bilas Janata Dal (Secular) 1,326 0.2%
Arvind Kumar Independent 1,265 0.2%
Suneeta Bharti BKD 1,218 0.2%
Dinesh Chandra Independent 1,102 0.2%
Ram Sunder Singh Independent 1,081 0.2%
Dhani Ram Independent 1,077 0.2%
Ram Sewak Independent 829 0.1%
Paras Nath Independent 823 0.1%
Rajesh Kumar Independent 732 0.1%
Krishna Gopal Kasaudhan Alias Neta Independent 687 0.1%
Bindha Deen Independent 641 0.1%
Shree Pal Independent 492 0.1%
Hira Lal Independent 323 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 378,107 58.8%
Ashok Kumar Singh Samajwadi Party 128,342 19.9%
Rajesh Yadav Bahujan Samaj Party 57,543 8.9%
Girish Narayan Panday Bharatiya Janata Party 31,290 4.9%
Hori Lal Independent 15,160 2.4%
Indra Pal Singh AD 9,969 1.5%
Shiv Balak Independent 3,873 0.6%
Sona Devi RSBP 3,238 0.5%
Hira Lal Independent 3,202 0.5%
Hari Shanker Independent 2,900 0.5%
Shyam Sunder Pasi Advocate Independent 1,982 0.3%
Ram Sajiwan Independent 1,874 0.3%
Suresh Kumar BKRP 1,707 0.3%
Purnmasi Independent 1,608 0.2%
Jaafar Ali Independent 1,401 0.2%
Brijlal Independent 1,364 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 481,490 72.2%
R.S.Kushwaha Bahujan Samaj Party 109,325 16.4%
R.B.Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 25,444 3.8%
Anil Kumar Maurya AD 12,321 1.8%
Horilal Independent 10,073 1.5%
Shyam Bihari Gupta Independent 5,477 0.8%
Sripal Independent 4,149 0.6%
Lajjawati Kanchan Independent 3,546 0.5%
Rama Shankar Independent 2,437 0.4%
Babulal Independent 2,158 0.3%
Dinesh RCP 2,041 0.3%
Manoj Kumar S/O Hanumant Prasad Independent 1,991 0.3%
Iliyas Hussain Independent 1,851 0.3%
Manoj Kumar S/O Ram Naresh Singh Independent 1,552 0.2%
Alok Kumar Singh Independent 1,466 0.2%
Avnish Independent 1,327 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 526,434 63.8%
Ajay Agrawal Bharatiya Janata Party 173,721 21.1%
Pravesh Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 63,633 7.7%
Archana Srivastava Aam Aadmi Party 10,383 1.3%
Shakil Ahamad Independent 7,914 1.0%
Pramod Kureel Independent 6,688 0.8%
None Of The Above Independent 5,409 0.7%
Kiran Chaudhari BMP 5,205 0.6%
Mangal Sain Independent 4,418 0.5%
Sahadat Ali Khan Independent 3,538 0.4%
Anju Singh All India Trinamool Congress 3,507 0.4%
Suresh Chandra MSP 3,330 0.4%
Kailash Kumar HKD 2,645 0.3%
Sahar Naqvi LD 2,108 0.3%
Ratiram SRP 1,661 0.2%
Mohammad Ashraf VIP 1,586 0.2%
Shiv Sewak RAM 1,493 0.2%
Jawahar Lal NJC 1,463 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sonia Gandhi Indian National Congress 534,918 56.4%
Dinesh Pratap Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 367,740 38.8%
Ashok Pratap Maurya ABP(D) 9,459 1.0%
Surendra Bahadur Singh Independent 8,058 0.8%
Pramod Kureel Independent 3,459 0.4%
Sartaj Khan Independent 3,333 0.4%
Hori Lal Praja Socialist Party 3,296 0.3%
Pramendra Kumar Independent 2,888 0.3%
Vijay Bahadur Singh Independent 2,814 0.3%
Kiran Chaudhary BMP 2,651 0.3%
Ram Singh Yadav PSP(L) 2,305 0.2%
Rameshvar Lodhi SDU 2,119 0.2%
Suneel Kumar PP 1,771 0.2%
Naimish Pratap Narayan Singh Independent 1,765 0.2%
Ram Narayan VPI 1,728 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 4.3 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 7.1 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 35.2 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 40.5 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 16.6 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 45.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 57.5 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 18.1 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 0.9 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 7.0 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 6.2 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 10.8 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 38.8 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 55.8 pts 2014: Indian National Congress margin 42.8 pts 2019: Indian National Congress margin 17.6 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Rae Bareli has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Rae Bareli in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Sonia Gandhi (Indian National Congress) won Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 534,918 votes (56.4%), a margin of 167,178 votes over Dinesh Pratap Singh.

Which parties have won Rae Bareli since 1957?

Since 1957, Rae Bareli has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Rae Bareli?

The closest result on record for Rae Bareli was 1991, when Indian National Congress beat Janata Dal by just 3,917 votes (0.9 percentage points).

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